[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 7, Volume 7, Parts 700 to 899] [Revised as of January 1, 2001] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 7CFR800.71] [Page 532-537] TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE CHAPTER VIII--GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARD ADMINISTRATION (FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 800--GENERAL REGULATIONS--Table of Contents Sec. 800.71 Fees assessed by the Service. (a) Official inspection and weighing services. The fees shown in schedules A and B apply to official inspection and weighing services performed by FGIS in the United States and Canada. The fees shown in schedule C apply to official inspection and weighing services performed by delegated States and designated agencies in the United States, except for those State agencies that have been delegated additional responsibilities by FGIS. These States shall be assessed fees as set forth in the State's Delegation of Authority document. Failure of a delegated State or designated agency to pay prescribed fees within 30 days after being due, shall result in automatic termination of the delegation or designation. The delegation or designation shall be reinstated if fees currently due, plus interest and any further expenses incurred by the Service because of the termination are paid within 60 days of the termination. [[Page 533]] Schedule A.--Fees for Official Inspection and Weighing Services Performed in the United States. Table 1.--Fees for Official Services Performed at an Applicant's Facility in an Onsite FGIS Laboratory \1\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday to Monday to Saturday, Friday (6 a.m. Friday (6 p.m. Sunday, and Holidays to 6 p.m.) to 6 a.m.) Overtime \2\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Inspection and Weighing Services Hourly Rates (per service representative) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-year contract................................. $25.80 $28.00 $36.40 $43.60 6-month contract................................ 28.40 30.20 38.60 50.60 3-month contract................................ 32.40 33.40 42.00 52.20 Noncontract..................................... 37.60 39.60 48.00 59.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) Additional Tests (cost per test, assessed in addition to the hourly rate) \3\ (i) Aflatoxin (other than Thin Layer Chromatography) $8.50 (ii) Aflatoxin (Thin Layer Chromatography method)... 20.00 (iii) Corn oil, protein, and starch (one or any 1.50 combination)....................................... (iv) Soybean protein and oil (one or both).......... 1.50 (v) Wheat protein (per test)........................ 1.50 (vi) Sunflower oil (per test)....................... 1.50 (vii) Vomitoxin (qualitative)....................... 7.50 (viii) Vomitoxin (quantitative)..................... 12.50 (ix) Waxy corn (per test)........................... 1.50 (x) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate. (xi) Other services (a) Class Y Weighing (per carrier) (1) Truck/container......................... .30 (2) Railcar................................. 1.25 (3) Barge................................... 2.50 (3) Administrative Fee (assessed in addition to all other applicable fees, only one administrative fee will be assessed when inspection and weighing services are performed on the same carrier). (i) All outbound carriers (per-metric-ton) \4\ (a) 1-1,000,000................................. $0.1038 (b) 1,000,001-1,500,000......................... 0.0947 (c) 1,500,001-2,000,000......................... 0.0512 (d) 2,000,001-5,000,000......................... 0.0379 (e) 5,000,001-7,000,000......................... 0.0205 (f) 7,000,001+.................................. 0.0092 \1\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, reinspection, and appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to, sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee's assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72 (a). \2\ Overtime rates will be assessed for all hours in excess of 8 consecutive hours that result from an applicant scheduling or requesting service beyond 8 hours, or if requests for additional shifts exceed existing staffing. \3\ Appeal and reinspection services will be assessed the same fee as the original inspection service. \4\ The administrative fee is assessed on an accumulated basis beginning at the start of the Service's fiscal year (October 1 each year). Table 2.--Services Performed at Other Than an Applicant's Facility in an FGIS Laboratory 1 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Original Inspection and Weighing (Class X) Services (i) Sampling only (use hourly rates from Table 1) (ii) Stationary lots (sampling, grade/factor, & checkloading) (a) Truck/trailer/container (per carrier)....... $18.50 (b) Railcar (per carrier)....................... 28.30 (c) Barge (per carrier)......................... 178.50 (d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.02 representative plus an administrative fee per hundredweight) (CWT)........................... [[Page 534]] (iii) Lots sampled online during loading (sampling charge under (i) above, plus): (a) Truck/trailer container (per carrier)....... 9.85 (b) Railcar (per carrier)....................... 19.10 (c) Barge (per carrier)......................... 108.10 (d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.02 representative plus an administrative fee per hundredweight) (CWT)........................... (iv) Other services (a) Submitted sample (per sample--grade and 10.90 factor)........................................ (b) Warehouseman inspection (per sample)........ 18.00 (c) Factor only (per factor--maximum 2 factors). 4.70 (d) Checkloading/condition examination (use 0.02 hourly rates from Table 1, plus an administrative fee per hundredweight if not previously assessed) (CWT)..................... (e) Reinspection (grade and factor only. 11.90 Sampling service additional, item (i) above)... (f) Class X Weighing (per hour per service 49.20 representative)................................ (v) Additional tests (excludes sampling) (a) Aflatoxin (per test--other than TLC method). 26.30 (b) Aflatoxin (per test--TLC method)............ 104.00 (c) Corn oil, protein, and starch (one or any 8.30 combination)................................... (d) Soybean protein and oil (one or both)....... 8.30 (e) Wheat protein (per test).................... 8.30 (f) Sunflower oil (per test).................... 8.30 (g) Vomitoxin (qualitative)..................... 26.70 (h) Vomitoxin (quantitative).................... 31.80 (i) Waxy corn (per test)........................ 9.60 (j) Canola (per test--00 dip test).............. 9.60 (k) Pesticide Residue Testing \3\ (1) Routine Compounds (per sample).......... 204.80 (2) Special Compounds (per service 102.40 representative)............................ (l) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate from Table 1. (2) Appeal inspection and review of weighing service.\4\ (i) Board Appeals and Appeals (grade and factor).... 78.50 (a) Factor only (per factor--max 2 factors)..... 40.60 (b) Sampling service for Appeals additional (hourly rates from Table 1) (ii) Additional tests (assessed in addition to all other applicable fees) (a) Aflatoxin (per test, other than TLC)........ 26.30 (b) Aflatoxin (TLC)............................. 104.00 (c) Corn oil, protein, and starch (one or any 16.20 combination)................................... (d) Soybean protein and oil (one or both)....... 16.20 (e) Wheat protein (per test).................... 16.20 (f) Sunflower oil (per test).................... 16.20 (g) Vomitoxin (per test--qualitative)........... 37.00 (h) Vomitoxin (per test--quantitative).......... 42.10 (i) Vomitoxin (per test--HPLC Board Appeal)..... 131.10 (j) Pesticide Residue Testing \3\ (1) Routine Compounds (per sample).......... 204.80 (2) Special Compounds (per service 102.40 representative)............................ (k) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate from Table 1. (iii) Review of weighing (per hour per service 71.40 representative).................................... (3) Stowage examination (service-on-request) \3\ (i) Ship (per stowage space) (minimum $252.50 per 50.50 ship).............................................. [[Page 535]] (ii) Subsequent ship examinations (same as original) (minimum $151.50 per ship) (iii) Barge (per examination)....................... 40.50 (iv) All other carriers (per examination)........... 15.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, reinspection, and appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to, sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee's assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72 (a). \2\ An additional charge will be assessed when the revenue from the services in Schedule A, Table 2, does not cover what would have been collected at the applicable hourly rate as provided in Sec. 800.72 (b). \3\ If performed outside of normal business, 1\1/2\ times the applicable unit fee will be charged. \4\ If, at the request of the Service, a file sample is located and forwarded by the Agency for an official agency, the Agency may, upon request, be reimbursed at the rate of $2.50 per sample by the Service. Table 3.-- Miscellaneous Services \1\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Grain grading seminars (per hour per service $49.20 representative) \2\.................................... (2) Certification of diverter-type mechanical samplers 49.20 (per hour per service representative) \2\.............. (3) Special weighing services (per hour per service representative) \2\ (i) Scale testing and certification................. 49.20 (ii) Evaluation of weighing and material handling 49.20 systems............................................ (iii) NTEP Prototype evaluation (other than Railroad 49.20 Track Scales)...................................... (iv) NTEP Prototype evaluation of Railroad Track 49.20 Scales (plus usage fee per day for test car)....... 110.00 (v) Mass standards calibration and reverification... 49.20 (vi) Special projects............................... 49.20 (4) Foreign travel (per day per service representative). 445.40 (5) Online customized data EGIS service (i) One data file per week for 1 year............... 500.00 (ii) One data file per month for 1 year............. 300.00 (6) Samples provided to interested parties (per sample). 2.50 (7) Divided-lot certificates (per certificate).......... 1.50 (8) Extra copies of certificates (per certificate)...... 1.50 (9) Faxing (per page)................................... 1.50 (10) Special mailing (actual cost) (11) Preparing certificates onsite or during other than normal business hours (use hourly rates from Table 1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Any requested service that is not listed will be performed at $49.20 per hour. \2\ Regular business hours--Monday through Friday--service provided at other than regular hours charged at the applicable overtime hourly rate. Schedule B--Fees for Official Inspection, Weighing, and Appeal Inspection Services Performed in Canada \1\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regular Nonregular workday workday Inspection and weighing service (bulk or sacked (Monday (Sunday grain) thru and Saturday) holiday) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Original inspection services and official weighing services: \2, 3\ (i) Contract services (per hour per service $103.00 $130.00 representative)............................... (ii) Noncontract service (per hour per service 137.00 172.00 representative)............................... (2) Extra copies of certificates (per copy)...... 3.00 3.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Official inspection and weighing services include, but are not limited to grading, weighing, sampling, stowage examination, equipment testing, scale testing and certification, test weight reverification, evaluation of inspection and weighing equipment demonstrating official inspection and weighing functions, furnishing standard illustrations, and certifying inspection and weighing results. [[Page 536]] \2\ Fees for reinspection and appeal inspection services shall be assessed at the applicable contract or noncontract hourly rate as the original inspection. However, if additional personnel are required to perform the reinspection or appeal inspection service, the applicant will be assessed the noncontract original inspection hourly fee. \3\ Board appeal inspections are based on file samples. See Sec. 800.71, schedule A for Board Appeal fees. Schedule C--Fees for FGIS Supervision of Official Inspection and Weighing Services Performed by Delegated States and/or Designated Agencies in the United States \1\ Table 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Offical inspection Inspection services (bulk or sacked grain) or reinspection services ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Official sample-lot inspection service (white certificate): (i) For official grade and official factor determinations:........................................ (A) Truck or trailer (per inspection \2\.............. $0.30 (B) Boxcar or hopper car (per inspection\2\........... 0.95 (C) Barge (per inspection)\2\......................... 6.15 (D) Ship (per ship)\3\................................ 49.20 (E) All other lots (per inspection)\2\ \4\............ 0.30 (ii) For official factor or official criteria determinations: (A) Factor determination (per inspection) (maximum 2 0.20 factors)\5\.......................................... (B) Official criteria\2\ \6\.......................... 0.20 (2) Stowage examination services: (i) Ship (per stowage certificate)...................... 3.00 (ii) Other carriers (per stowage certificate)........... 0.20 (3) Warehouseman's sample-lot inspection service (yellow certificate) or submitted sample inspection service (pink certificate): (i) For official grade and official factor 0.30 determinations (per inspection)........................ (ii) For official factor or official criteria determinations: (A) Factor determination (per inspection) (maximum 2 0.20 factors)\5\.......................................... (B) Official criteria\2\ \6\.......................... 0.20 (4) Reinspection services: (i) Truck, boxcar, hopper car, barge, ship, 0.30 warehouseman's sample-lot, submitted sample, factor determination, and all other lots (per sample inspected)............................................. (ii) Official criteria\2\ \6\........................... 0.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Note: The footnotes for table 1 are shown at the end of table 2. Table 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Official weighing services Official services (bulk or sacked grain) ------------------------- (class X) (class Y) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Official weighing services: (i) Truck or trailer (per carrier).......... $0.30 $0.20 (ii) Boxcar or hopper car (per carrier)..... .95 .25 (iii) Barge (per carrier)................... 6.15 1.55 (iv) Ship (per carrier) \3\ \7\............. 49.20 12.30 (v) All other lots (per lot or part lot) \4\ .30 .20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ The fees include the cost of supervision functions performed by the Service for official inspection and weighing services performed by delegated States and/or designated agencies. \2\ A fee shall be assessed for each carrier or sample inspected if a combined lot certificate is issued or a uniform loading plan is used to determine grade. \3\ A fee shall be assessed per ship regardless of the number of lots or sublots loaded at a specific service point. A fee shall not be assessed for divided-lot certificates. \4\ Inspection services for all other lots include, but are not limited to, sampling service, condition examinations, and examination of grain in bins and containers. For weighing services, all other lots include, but are not limited to, seavans and inhouse bin transfers. \5\ Fees shall be assessed for a maximum of two factors. If more than two factors are determined, fees are assessed at rates in table 1 (1)(i) or (3)(i) above, as applicable, based on carrier or type sample represented. \6\ Official criteria includes, but is not limited to, protein and oil analyses. A fee shall be assessed for each sample tested. \7\ A Class Y ship fee shall be assessed for shipments destined for domestic markets only. (b) Registration certificates and renewals. (1) Fees for registration certificates and renewals will be based on the nature of the business: (i) Firms engaged in the business of buying grain for sale in foreign commerce or the business of handling, weighing, or transporting of grain for sale in foreign commerce.....................................$135.00 (ii) Firms engaged in the business of buying grain for sale in foreign commerce or the business of handling, weighing, or transporting of grain for sale in foreign commerce who also are in a control relationship, as defined in Section 17A(b)(2) of the Act, with respect to a business engaged in the business of buying, handling, weighing, or transporting grain for sale in interstate commerce.............................270.00 (2) Requests for extra copies of registration certificates shall be accompanied by a fee of $2.50 for each copy. (c) Designation amendments. An application for an amendment to a designation shall be accompanied by a fee of $75.00. [[Page 537]] (d) Each application for approval to operate as a scale testing organization shall be accompanied by a fee of $250. (Secs. 8 and 9, Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2873, 2877 (7 U.S.C. 79(j), 79a(1)); secs. 9, 18, Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2875 and 2884 (7 U.S.C. 79a and 87e); secs. 8 and 9, Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2873, 2877 (7 U.S.C. 79(j), 79a(1)), as amended by Pub. L. 97-35, 95 Stat. 371, 372) [45 FR 15810, Mar. 11, 1980; 45 FR 55119, Aug. 18, 1980, as amended at 49 FR 26563, June 28, 1984; 50 FR 38504, Sept. 23, 1985; 51 FR 43724, Dec. 4, 1986; 53 FR 21792, June 10, 1988; 59 FR 52656, Oct. 19, 1994; 61 FR 43303, Aug. 22, 1996; 62 FR 31702, June 11, 1997; 62 FR 34342, June 25, 1997; 62 FR 48939, Sept. 18, 1997; 63 FR 32714, June 16, 1998; 63 FR 35504, June 30, 1998; 63 FR 70992, Dec. 23, 1998; 64 FR 6783, Feb. 11, 1999; 65 FR 16785, Mar. 30, 2000]